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Life Lately #4 – Winter Warmers

Even with the icy cold winter breeze settling in we managed to spend lots of time outdoors all rugged up and soaking in the sun’s warm rays. There is always so much to do in Melbourne and these past two months I continued to make the most out of mat leave enjoying this special time with family and friends and also working on personal development.

Here are some things we got up to:

– birthdays galore! 😀
– catch ups and coffee at some lovely Melbourne cafes
(The Cornershop, Carlisle Wine Bar, VicPies, Tasty T, Top of the Bay and Chase Kitchen – see post here)
– family time with the grandparents, great grandparents and in-laws
– took a turn at the mic and MC’d for a dance comp (a little scary but heaps of fun!)
– first club gig with the Mishanda girls post-partum (Yayy!)
– another successful AHC (Australian Hip Hop Championships) prelim at MSAC
– attended a talk on “Personal Branding”
– met speaker Catherine Moolenschot and listened to her “Funnel of Greatness” talk
– attended a seminar by Tim Gill “Expanding Children’s Horizons”
– mothers group chill sessions 🙂
– dinner at Father Noel’s with past and present WYD (World Youth Day) pilgrims
– date night with the hubby….and Superman ;P
– finally got back to the gym
– organizing Baby’s room
– baby photo shoots
– watched Baby start to stand confidently, climb the stairs and get excited as his first two teeth cut through
– tried hand sewing some pants for Baby (need a lot more practice! :/)
– watched some of the hubby’s ball games
– ended the first half of 2013 with a relaxing mini-getaway to Redesdale, Victoria
– and of course did a little shopping 🙂 (see my Instagram @Jacqfruit)

Mishanda gigging at Red Bennies on Chapel street – so much fun to be back on the dance floor!

The Melbourne preliminary round of AHC 2013 – always makes me happy seeing the dance community together and supporting each others passions.

A lovely brunch at Friends of Mine on Swan st in Burnley – you have to order the banana bread!!

Baby loves the camera!

MC gig with Hasmin at the first ever Fired Up Dance Competition run by the council of Greater Dandenong, FREEZA and Tracy from Replay Dance Productions.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!Enjoying Williamstown with the grandparents ❤

Chillin’ at Highpoint with Lolo – Baby was so enthralled by the plants and the leaves.

SheSays Personal Branding talk at SpeakEasy on Chapel street.

Tim Gill at the St Kilda Town Hall – great talk about bringing up our children in a risk-averse society.

After talk sweets at the Carlisle Wine Bar – these donuts were amazing, and so was the ambience 🙂Baby D’s mothers group buddies are all growing up so fast!

Ok so I made him pants that were a little too tight I need more practice.

Always an abundance of food when you have dinner with Father Noel – good food, great cheese, gorgeous wines!

Mel’s famous chicken pho! 😀 A perfect winter warmer.

Our cozy “little” cabin – “The River House” in Redesdale.

So grateful to wake up to this little bundle of smiles everyday!

What have you been up to recently and what is one thing that are you grateful for?